Teypana

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Piro pueblo that was either on the east or west bank of the Rio Grande River about three leagues north of present day Socorro, New Mexico. Teypana (alternate spelling “Teypama”) was the pueblo that the original settlement of Socorro was based upon. Spanish explorers emerging from an inhospitable desert were given food and water by the people of this pueblo. Therefore they renamed the area “Socorro” which means “help” or “aid” in Spanish. The village of Socorro was eventually moved from this area to the Piro peublo of Pilabó. [1]

“Teypana” is thought to mean “village flower” in the Piro language. [2]

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Marshal, Michael P. & Walt, Henry J., Rio Abajo: Prehistory and History of a Rio Grande Province (Santa Fe: New Mexico Historical Preservation Program, 1984), p 250.
  2. ^ Julyan, Robert, The Place Names of New Mexico: Revised Ed., (Albuquerque, University of New Mexico Press, 1998) p. 351.
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